Wii/Revolution - 3 Years Later

[Ail]

max power said:

bazmeistergen said:

Ail said:
Well overall I can't say the Wii has had a huge impact on the game industry at large.

It has not become the defacto PS2 successor as many had predicted 2 years ago as the majority of the PS2 franchises have stayed clear of the Wii

Why would PS2 sales migrating to Nintendo be a large impact? It would mean this generation having the same games as the last. That would be a kind of status quo. Personally I think the impact is still happening, look at Natal and PS3 Glowball Stix (tm). Look at the way the industry has reacted to the 'threat' of the Wii. The turmoil amongst journalists, the flailing around by companies to find an audience (EA's ridiculous all-play marketing, for example) is evidence of the disruption.

That is evidence of a disruption in sales/business.  I guess I more wanted to see a revolution in games/gameplay.

 

I'm still controlling Mario and Link with a joystick and buttons.  And I'm perfectly okay with that... but it's not a Revolution.

Wii Sports I view as a tech demo.  Excellent controls, but not much in terms of fleshed out gameplay.  When are we going to see those games fleshed out as full titles (not necessarily by Nintendo)?  Tiger Woods 10 is pretty good (with Wii motion+), and I think it outsells its HD counterparts because of it... but Punch Out plays best with NES style controls.  I'd love to see a high quality, pure motion controlled, with some sort of single player campaign and online multiplayer, boxing game (improving on Wii Sports)... but nobody's stepped up to the plate.

As the PS2 gen got older and it was evident the PS2 was winning the PS2 marketshare kept raising .

This gen you will notice that after 2 initials years of raising its marketshare the Wii marketshare is actually going down...

 

As for Natal and the Wand, there is a huge lack of evidence aisde from Microsoft marketing claims than either HD platforms are taking those seriously.

The lack of any serious third party announcement surrounding huge franchises and those devices shows this...